Ye Zhen walked into the Palace of Heavenly Purity step by step. The furnishings here had not changed from four years ago. It was still the same as before. Behind the desk sat a man in a bright yellow brocade robe. In a trance, she seemed to see Mo Rongzhan's former appearance.
In some ways, Murong Ke and Mo Rongzhan were very similar.
"Yao Yao." Murong Ke stood up and walked down from behind the desk. He looked at Ye Zhen with restrained eyes. "What are you doing here?"
Murong Ke didn't seem to have changed much from what she remembered. He was still as handsome and moving as when she first met him. Although the bright yellow brocade robe added a bit of majesty to him, his facial features and demeanor had not changed.
If they hadn't met at the beginning, there might have been regrets, but at least … she would not owe him so much.
"I will send Ming Yu back to the palace." Ye Zhen whispered, remembering that Murong Ke had been thrown into the well by Qi Ruoshui in order to save her. He almost died for her, exchanging his life for hers. She would never be able to repay his affection in this life.
Murong Ke whispered, "It seems that you mother and daughter have finally untied the knot in your heart."
Ye Zhen shook her head gently. "It's not so easy. Ming Yu still refuses to call me mother. However, I am already satisfied that she is willing to let me send her back."
"I'm sorry." Murong Ke apologized. "In the past four years, I have not taught Ming Yu well."
"It's none of your business. If it weren't for you, I don't know what Ming Yu would have become. Ke, I am really grateful to you." Ye Zhen looked up at him seriously. "Thank you for taking care of my daughter so well."
Murong Ke looked at Ye Zhen without blinking. "I have regarded Ming Yu as my own daughter."
Of course, she knew that Murong Ke regarded Ming Yu as his own daughter, and Ming Yu now regarded him as her father. Whether it was her or Mo Rongzhan, they would not feel uncomfortable about this matter. It was a good thing for Ming Yu to have one more person to love her.
"Yaoyao, do you have something to tell me?" Murong Ke looked down at her. He knew Yao Yao well and knew that she would not enter the palace if there was nothing important.
Ye Zhen took a deep breath. She had already thought about how to talk to him before she came. Now, facing him, she didn't know how to speak.
Murong Ke could roughly guess what she wanted to say. He smiled faintly and said, "Then don't say it."
"Even if you don't have an empress, you should have a concubine, Ah Ke." Ye Zhen whispered.
Did she specially come to the palace just to tell him this?
Murong Ke turned around. "I know what I'm doing."
"Your sense of propriety means that you want to raise Mingyu, hand over the Jin nation to her, and then leave with peace of mind?" Ye Zhen looked at his back and whispered, "Sometimes I really wish I hadn't met you in Dongqing. I can't repay your kindness."
"I don't need you to repay me." Murong Ke said coldly, "I've never regretted what I did for you. It has nothing to do with you. I did it willingly. You don't have to pay me back."
I just want to tell you that it doesn't matter whether Ming Yu will become the future king of the Jin Kingdom. You should have your own children and find someone to serve you by your side … "Ye Zhen said," In fact, it's not up to me to decide whether you want to have a concubine or not.
Murong Ke turned his head sharply and stared at Ye Zhen as if he wanted to eat her alive.
"Ah Ke …" Ye Zhen was shocked by his gaze.
"I don't want to touch anyone except you," Murong Ke said word by word. His voice was not loud, but it fell heavily on Ye Zhen's heart.
Ye Zhen lowered her eyes. "You shouldn't think like that."
"I really don't want to think like that." Murong Ke grabbed her shoulder and made her look at him. "When I knew that you were Ah Zhan's fiancee, I wanted to never see you again. When I knew that you were taken away by Qi Ruoshui, I also wanted to control myself from saving you. When you disappeared, I also wanted to forget you. If I could do it, I wouldn't be here, Ye Zhen."
"You …" Ye Zhen looked at him in shock. "How do you know?"
Murong Ke smiled faintly. "How do I know that you are Ye Zhen and not the real Lu Yaoyao? Yao Yao, I knew it a long time ago. "
Because he knew how deep her love for Mo Rongzhan was, he couldn't bear to take her away because he couldn't bear to see her sad.
"Ah Ke, I don't feel good when I see you like this." Ye Zhen whispered.
"This is good." Murong Ke said faintly. "Maybe one day I will have a concubine. It's just that I haven't seen a woman to my liking."
Ye Zhen looked up at his handsome face. "If you can really think so, then it's good."
"If I met you before Mo Rongzhan, would you still tell me that you can't repay me?" Murong Ke looked down at Ye Zhen and asked.
If she met him before she fell in love with Mo Rongzhan?
Ye Zhen looked at him in a daze. She slowly lowered her head and remembered that she had thought about this problem in Dongqing. At that time … she was a little tempted.
"No." Ye Zhen said. If she hadn't fallen in love with Mo Rongzhan, she would have fallen in love with Murong Ke.
However, she met Mo Rongzhan first. Whether it was her heart or soul, she belonged to Mo Rongzhan.
Murong Ke's eyes lit up with a touch of stars. He let go of her and smiled leisurely. "Yao Yao, this is enough."
Ye Zhen frowned at him.
"Don't look at me like that." Murong Ke lowered his head and hugged Ye Zhen's waist at the moment when she was about to avoid him. He covered her eyes with one hand. "I won't bear to forget."
"Murong Ke." Ye Zhen said softly. "If you want to forget, I can help you."
"How can you help me? Let me completely forget how I met you and how I fell in love with you? " Murong Ke laughed involuntarily. "These memories are the most precious things in my life. How can I not want them?"
Ye Zhen frowned and wanted to pull his hand away.
Murong Ke quickly kissed her on the corner of her lips. "Consider it a return to me, all of it."
"You …" Ye Zhen glared at Murong Ke who had already retreated a few steps. Looking at the gentle look flowing quietly in his eyes, her anger dissipated again. "Then I'll go."
"Yao Yao, you have to be well." Murong Ke said, "Since Mingyu calls me father, she is my daughter. What I give her in the future is our business."
Ye Zhen said, "I know."
She and Mo Rongzhan had never thought of interfering with Ming Yu's future, nor would they ask her to stay in King Qin's Mansion. When she was at her loneliest, it was Murong Ke who took their place and spent four years with Ming Yu as both a father and a mother. They knew that Ming Yu's feelings for Murong Ke were indelible.
"When are you going to Qi?" Murong Ke asked.
"It should be in these two days." Ye Zhen said, "The sooner we find Yi, the sooner we can feel at ease."
Murong Ke nodded gently. "Well, I'll send someone to escort you."
"No, too many people will attract attention." Ye Zhen politely refused. With their current cultivation, not many people could hurt them. "No, too many people will attract attention."
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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